class resources summer 2009
Check here for a constantly growing list of tutorials and resources related to the current topic in class per session. But always keep in mind if you want to find out more, or to answer a specific question that I don't cover, the online knowledge base is extensive and enormous. Type a good search combination into Google (ie Flash tutorials or Wordpress edit).
video tutorials: (CS4) adobeTV: FLASH
Books:
- Flash CS4 Professional Quickstart Guide (this is the book I recommend to my CANM Flash students)
- Adobe Classroom in a Book for Flash CS4 (recommended by a classmate—I haven't read it)
- How to Cheat in Flash CS4 (just being released)
Session 1: Domain Name & Web Hosting Service
- Homework 1 PDF
- Domain Names (Wikipedia)
- Web Hosting Server (Wikipedia)
- GoDaddy.com
- Adobe Design Center Gallery (for portfolio inspiration)
Session 2: Planning Documents
- Homework 2 PDF
- Required Readings: zipped folder of PDFs
Session 3: Flash Intro – Basic Animation & Page Layout
- Homework 3 PDF
- Required Readings: zipped folder of PDFs
- Flash Video Tutorials on Adobe TV
(review the Todd Perkins videos on this and the next page)
Session 4: Flash Navigation & Publishing to the Web
Session 5: Design Composition Prototype & Advanced Buttons
Session 6: Text Animation & Design Composition Review
Session 7: Build Index & 1 Subpage in Flash – NavigateToURL
Session 8: Image Optimization & Preparation in Fireworks
Session 9: Begin Flash Gallery: Basic Loader
- Homework 9 PDF
- Example File: Slides Loading FLA
Session 10: Continue Loading Galleries: Tween Class
Session 11: The Blog
- Homework 11 PDF
- Installing your Wordpress Blog on GoDaddy: Video Tutorial
- Wordpress Themes
Session 12: Continue Loading Galleries: Advanced Menu Systems
Session 13: Sounds in Flash
- Class Audio Page: About Sound in Flash
- Free MP3 Compression Program: Switch
- The enhanced MP3 Player using XSPF: XML Shareable Playlist Format
(full directions are linked to from this page)
Session 14: Video in Flash/Adobe Media Encoder - Website Completion List
Session 15: Final Website - Class Presentations